[hblug] Dell & Ubuntu

[Perry Spiller]

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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/12420/1023/

Restricting Dell Ubuntu to US a huge mistake 
By Stan Beer    
Friday, 25 May 2007 

At a time when much of the world is salivating with excitement over the release of Dell's new Ubuntu Linux computers in the US, it's ironic that the market in which Ubuntu originated, Europe, still has not received word on when the new Dell boxes will be available.

Likewise, here in Australia local Dell representatives confirm that they still have no word on when the Ubuntu boxes will be available.

Is there some unwritten rule that US consumers always have to be the first to get their hands on new products? Yes, the US is a huge market but then again so is Europe. In fact, arguably, Europe, where there is particularly strong anti-Microsoft sentiment, is a market which could be more receptive than the US to a pre-installed Linux computer.


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